Scientific 'fatwa'
As reported in your daily, my attention caught glued to the news item that the Minister for Agriculture was asking the agricultural scientists not to adhere to conservative school of thought but to have some imaginative ideas of feeding three million people, the number being added annually to the total populace of our country, while she was attending ceremonies to observe Saarc Charter Day at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC).
The message itself is very thought provoking in the sense that all parameter of enhanced agricultural production is declining at a faster pace and we are to depend largely on average yield per unit of cultivable land. The Minister further assured that the govt would be careful about any negative impact of introducing Hybrid seed, but again, this scientific adoption if taken once would have a long lasting effect. That is why it is wiser to think again & again before such adoptions & the ball must be rolled to the players' field.
I would therefore, request the Hon'ble Minister not to guide science to any unnatural direction, rather recourse the nature in a way that is good for all citizens as well as national interest.
The scientists definitely know better than anybody in their respective fields.
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